So was Jayne Sharp, who recently had a redheaded baby girl and has been shocked by the insensitive and prejudiced comments that followed. Forget them, says GLAMOUR's Social Media Editor (and natural redhead), Kat Brown. Redheads are owning it now...

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On March 23rd this year I squeezed out 7lbs 7oz of pure baby girl into the world, writes Jayne Sharp.

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I'll never forget that moment when she started to crown. "I can see the head" exclaimed the midwife. "Plenty of hair, too" she continued. "Ooh, but it's very ginger!"

The poor mite hadn't even been born and it had already started. What did she mean by, 'but'? It's good that she's got hair, but bad that it's ginger?! Considering the amount of pain I was in, I could only guess that the midwife was either very brave or very stupid to have said such a thing. Anyway, I decided to let that one slide since I had better things to think about like, 'HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET THIS BEAST OUT OF ME?!

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Once at home we realised we had to be a tad more creative with her wardrobe. Pinks are replaced with charcoals and greens and before you know it she's looking way more sophisticated than the usual crew who, quite frankly, look like they've been covered in glue & rolled around Mothercare. She's more than just ginger, she's cool.

A couple of days after her birth I was feeling brave enough to tackle the school run to pick up my eldest daughter. In an instant I found myself surrounded by a pack of broody mums all cooing over our latest addition. Suddenly, through a guise of laughter, one of the mums exclaimed, "She's a beauty. Shame she's ginger!"

"Awww... Never mind, she can dye it when she's older," laughed another.

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Now bearing in mind that only a few days after dropping a sprogglet, hormones are rife, and you'd think that another mother would appreciate this and not say anything so insensitive and outrageous. I went home shaking and after that I cried. I cried thinking about all the potential teasing and bullying that my gorgeously innocent baby girl could possibly be set for in the future. The fact that every single one of these people said what they said in front of their own kids only cemented that. Well mummy and daddy say it so it must be true, right?

Okay, so let's try changing the word 'ginger' to another individual trait. Would people ever dare say the same about someone being black? Disabled? Chinese? Of course not, because that would be a pretty dickish thing to do. And please don't try telling me that it's just a bit of fun. Surely the golden rule of comedy is that you can only mock someone over something they have a choice over, right?

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I'd love to say that these comments were a one-off occurrence, but sadly not. Interestingly though, it's only coming from the adults. If I had a pound for every time a young girl has come up to Piper and squealed, "I wish I had her hair", well, I'd probably only have about £7, but still, you get the idea. They say it because they mean it. Red hair has never been so de rigueur. Some of the most beautiful and powerful women in the world are blessed with a tinge of ginge.

Julianne Moore

Vivienne Westwood

Christina Hendricks

And not forgetting the ultimate hotty, Jessica Rabbit. They drew her! THEY COULD'VE PICKED ANY COLOUR FELT TIP PEN FROM THE PACK!

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Even Dolly Parton knows the threat of a red headed beauty... flaming locks of auburn hair and you've got to beg Jolene not to take your man? Because gingers are so sexy that even the voluptuous blondie starts to crap herself.

After Piper hit the grand old age of 10 weeks and the flippant comments from the playground showed no sign of calming down, I did what any rational-minded new mum would do... I ranted on Facebook. Friends from across the water in either direction exclaimed horror at the idea that rouge may be the lesser. In France it's hot hot hot and in the States the derogatory comments are met with incredulous expressions, to which I explain "don't worry, they're just dicks".

Fellow firecracker, Tim Minchin, once sang that ginger has the same component letters in it as another word spoken with derogatory intention beginning with the letter 'N'.

NWA? How about GWA? Because attitude is what this young lady is going to grow up having by the bucket load. She'll grow strong in the face of someone shouting her hair colour at her. Imagine how stupid a child would look shouting (whilst pointing, obvs) "brown hair! Brown hair!". Well look out world, my daughter is coming and she is on fire!

People can be awful, can't they? They can be interfering, bossy and possessive, and the hair colour we share can bring out the Deranged Hair-Obsessed Monster in some. But this isn't how your life needs to go - I've spent 33 years as a redhead, and spent nearly all of that time relishing my hair colour. We are blessed with brightness; a colour that dresses up beautifully for evening, goes with every bright colour, and is always striking. Nobody will forget you in a crowd.

School might suck - children are conventional creatures and object to anything they judge to be different - but it might not. Today there are so many more redheads on telly, in films and being amazing than there were when I was growing up that having red hair isn't as unusual as it once was. Imagine how it will be when you're a teenager! You don't mess with the Weasleys. You really don't mess with Sansa Stark.

You might become funny as a defence - this is only a good thing. You might go through a time when you loathe your hair. Please, do not at any price dye your hair black. The roots are awful. I have the photos that prove this. People might shout "ginga" with a hard g. This should be inoffensive but it will instead make you want to punch people. Do not do this. They will be far more annoyed if you learn to be confident, and take pride in the person you are.

This takes time, but it takes time whoever you are. And you have a supportive tiger mother to back you up…and hopefully not shout at you too much should black hair dye mysteriously end up on the bathroom carpet (sorry Mum, still really sorry about that).

If you have any problems, email me. If email is even still a thing in 15 years.